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Service bulletin RF-12-17

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10060884
Published by NHTSA2016-03-31
Manufacturer's numberRF-12-17
Manufacturer's date2012-11-21
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Clutch

Vehicles listed
MAZDA MAZDA32007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
MAZDA MAZDA52008, 2009, 2010

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
05-001-15-29202017-05-25. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS: • HARD TO SHIFT INTO 3RD, 4TH, 5TH, AND/OR 6TH GEAR. • SOMETIMES THE SHIFTER MAY JUMP OUT OF 3RD GEAR OVER A ROAD BUMP WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER DECELERATION AT 25-40 MPH (40-65 KM/H) THIS IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE OF THE RELATED CLUTCH HUB(S). TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM OF HARD SHIFTING, THE SHAPE OF THE 3-4 AND 5-6 CLUTCH HUB HAS BEEN CHANGED. A SURFACE TREATMENT HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO THE 3-4 CLUTCH HUB TO PREVENT 3RD GEAR FROM JUMPING OUT.
05-008-14-2920A2017-05-11. Service bulletin. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS: • HARD TO SHIFT INTO 3RD, 4TH, 5TH, AND/OR 6TH GEAR. • SOMETIMES THE SHIFTER MAY JUMP OUT OF 3RD GEAR OVER A ROAD BUMP WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER DECELERATION AT 25-40 MPH (40-65 KM/H) THIS IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE OF THE RELATED CLUTCH HUB(S). TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM OF HARD SHIFTING, THE SHAPE OF THE 3-4 AND 5-6 CLUTCH HUB HAS BEEN CHANGED. A SURFACE TREATMENT HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO THE 3-4 CLUTCH HUB TO PREVENT 3RD GEAR FROM JUMPING OUT.